CRUSADER PRIZE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Bishop terribly trite about line being easily broken (7)

5 Declined rubbish note (7)

9 Finished thing off before

morning (9)

10 Wrong, as in getting

student killed (5)

11 Cleaner’s endless smile

causes annoyance (7)

12 Drive back concerning

sign of life (7)

13 Firm with Frenchman during sadness experienced after diving (13)

18 Medical emergency as eccentric CIA managed to apprehend (7,6)

20 Father’s true development

as a chemist (7)

23 A noise spread around

the first country (7)

25 Animal all over

graduate (5)

26 Twice stop Scot being a

savage (9)

27 For example, peanut silo

refurbished with keys (7)

28 Help a drifting ship that’s unfortunate (7)

DOWN

1 Reportedly bring up a piece of jewellery (6)

2 I can put in the Spanish, the German and the Scandinavian (9)

3 Skin lotion not returned to

queen (5)

4 Nice groom strangely

comfortable at work (9)

5 Blade that can be

reversed (5)

6 If back, the woman has

finished filling (4,5)

7 Growl, finding tangle (5)

8 Waste ages in cells (8)

14 Wrong greeting for outbreak of lawlessness (5,4)

15 Type of element seldom

found on planet (4,5)

16 Playing tennis, I have to

be thorough (9)

17 Resort puts a limit on university student getting carbon monoxide (8)

19 About to join woman’s

festival location (6)

21 Quietly broke law, and

stole (5)

22 Overzealous attack,

capturing bridgehead (5)

24 Walk like a vagrant (5)